par la bande
\paʁ la bɑ̃d\
The verdict
“par la bande” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De manière indirecte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-par-la-bande · par la bande · French
par la bande · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | par la bande |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \paʁ la bɑ̃d\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
par la bande is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \paʁ la bɑ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De manière indirecte.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for par la bande, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is par la bande, spelled P-A-R- -L-A- -B-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1De manière indirecte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par la bande appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— T’frappe pas, mon p’tit, dit le cafetier à Simon. Ton père, on l’aura par la bande…
Au passage, Intel devient par la bande fournisseur d'Apple pour l'iPhone.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.